the trustees began by asking former fbi director louis free to lead an independent investigation which yielded 119 recommendations on how to enhance our internal policies and practices. we have already implemented one search of these recommendations and many more are nearing completion. we remain committed to this progress because we believe it is making us a better, stronger university. we are committed to the fight against child abuse. central to this effort is the newly established center for the protection of children base that can state her she children's hospital and ongoing partnership with the pennsylvania coalition against rape. earlier this week, we completed the first in state national conference on child sexual abuse. this forum brought together leaders and experts from law enforcement, a pediatric medicine, research and education. we formed the penn state network for child protection and well-being comprised of 35 faculty members with interdisciplinary expertise. the aim is to accelerate the pace of discovery by linking research and practice and to build the network with a